Rivers – Physical, Fluvial and Environmental Processes

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rowiński, Paweł (Editor), Radecki-Pawlik, Artur (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geophysics.; Geotechnical engineering.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.

This book describes the domain of research and investigation of physical, chemical and biological attributes of flowing water, and it deals with a cross-disciplinary field of study combining physical, geophysical, hydraulic, technological, environmental interests. It aims to equip engineers, geophys...

Table of Contents:

• Basic physical processes in rivers
• Turbulence in Rivers
• Principles of mechanics of bed forms
• Scour problems downstream of low-head hydraulic structures
• Current research and challenges related to shallow flows
• 1D modeling of flows in open channels
• Modeling of floods–state of the art and research challenges
• 3D modeling of flow in hydraulic structures
• Laboratory models of free-surface flows
• Measurements of Turbulence Structure in a Compound Channel.